Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-03
STATUE.
dwelling of In Bronze Stasue ..
Abraham Lincoln, IN L'noo'p
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Park, Chicago.
Last Saturday the 22d, the bronze
.tat,e n Abraham Lincoln was unxeiieu
and accepted by the city oil Chleago. inele
= : gre,t crowd in Lincoln Park, ine,uo-
;nc the Mayor. Gen. Terry, and many eher
notables. After some addresses; poo.,
aoom." roared two OF Maj. Woods Dassey
ID. guns. As the sound oil tne cannon -
go little ABE Lincoln stepped up
- ~ base OF the fag.covered bronzeu
tigure of his grandfather ard pulled roPe
which held the covering. The lolus Slow
ioosened and dropped down at the pase'
md the tall. erect figure oil Abraham LIN
caIn hone brightly in the sun which strug-
gled through the clouds at the moment,
Tremendous shout went up from the DUO
people assembled - cwstt
whose intimate political, social and 40.
nestle relations with the great presinehs
have made Inn cne OF the best iniorneu
men now living on Lincoln's lie. Asa
cnndenscd biography OF Lincoln ~ mas noo
heen excelIed and it contains aneedobes
and "reminiscences which we're never peiore
published. r ~ the
The statue stands in the center 2, .ne
farther wall OF the circle. on fan ooiong
onare pedeetai. bearing the simplest IN
scrintiop. Mr.. st. GaIdens had urea 70
MAKO Mr.. Lincoln's plainness tell, Deins
nerfeclIy aware that Lincoln, the orator.
20 moi in tho long run rather than Iost De
canse Of his unshapeliness and size. Mr. 81.
Gaudens has chosen the omen mhen ne
is staudinc before an audience whiSihg ioi
silence. looking downward ana coiiecIIns
his thoughts for speech. he mas Iisen noiI
Lis chair which the artist, with a bold
and novel realism in sculpture, has placed
emuty some feet to the a
Sa;ring one lapel OF his coat
with a familiar gesture, and thrusting the
ether hand behind him. Abraham Lin
coin is about to speak. The heavy locks
OF hair. treated with cousummat ar, carry
the expression OF Lincoln's bowed neaa
To far greater points than a figure when
is treated in tine ordinary a Ths
hand is seen only from some points: Inc
left foot is advanced, and the weight OF
the gaunt figure rests largely on the rignt
lao The pcdestal has seven stars on lts
'front.' and the inner chair back carriers
The legend az Pluribus Unump over an
eagle hera1dically displayed. The status
stands in a most commanding n peau-
tifnl spot. A veivety knoll slopes up
ta the base OF the statue, when
Il OF granite. circular shape, sixty ieet
broad and thirty feet deep. S~urrounding
This Is n balustrade OF the came material
five feet high, and inside Of this ballustrade
ia a row Of seats cut out OF the SOHO stone
extending all the way around, above tne
seats the name, Abraham Lincoln, Is cut
into the stone in letters large enough 10
occupy the whole inside face OF the circle
There are five very wide steps Leading up
into this semi circle into the top one OF
which is cut "ISS4." the date OF the begin
min. OF the work. In the center oil the
semi-circle stands the pedestal, which IS
ten feet high, and composed oil immense
blocks OF granite the top one OF which IS a
beautiful stone exactly four feet square.
Surrounding the whole is the bronze figure
of the martyred president, eleven ieet
high.